Ten: Fitzgerald backs Guccione to lead from front

AAP Sports News (Australia), September, 2008

AAP Sports News (Australia) 09-19-2008 Ten: Fitzgerald backs Guccione to lead from front By Daniel Pace ANTOFAGASTA, Chile, Sept 18 AAP - Australian captain John Fitzgerald is confident Chris Guccione can lead his Davis Cup tennis team to an improbable victory over red-hot favourites Chile this weekend. Guccione, ranked 80 in the world, has been drawn to play the opening match, against Athens Olympic gold medallist Nicolas Massu at the Estadio Militar in the coastal mining town of Antofagasta in northern Chile. In tomorrow's other singles encounter, Peter Luczak will clash with world No.11 and Olympic silver medallist Fernando Gonzalez. Luczak has played just two tournaments since the French Open in May after suffering a fractured pelvis but said...

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